They would never pass emissions or safety. I kind of like that G15 design though. RE. some of the older X10 types, there were some "kit" cars imported in the early 70s that had the body style similar to them. There is a special yahoo group for them but I cant remember the name. They had to be imported as kits because of regulations that were already in effect at that time. That loop hole in the law has long since been slammed shut. jimt
On 5/24/05 3:24 PM, "Aaron Pearson" <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM> wrote: > does anyone have any experience with gurgel here? i wonder if any were > ever imported. they are a brazilian off road buggy that was built with > a lot of volkswagen components. my father in law just bought his > second, a beautiful silver x12, a 1985 model with only 57k km on it. it > has an air cooled 1600 in the back. he also has a yellow convertible > one. He lives in Rio, where my wife was born and raised. > > http://www.gurgelbrasil.com/ > > aaron > '87 syncro gl > > |
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